The NHL Season is officially underway after four games were played last Wednesday. That opening four-game Wednesday slate saw home teams go 0-4 while favorites went 1-3, but since that time the chalk has dominated.

We compiled our stats from Wednesday through Sunday, and while hockey is notorious for home ice advantage not accounting for much, we were surprised to see home teams had a losing overall record through the first week of the season.

Out of 31 games played in total Wednesday through Sunday, home teams went a combined 14-17 straight up. Favorites did very well for NHL bettors, as they finished the week with a winning 22-9 record, including a 21-6 mark after opening day.

The very tough and grueling NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have finally worked their way down to just two competitors as the Blackhawks of Chicago take on the Lightning of Tampa Bay in this 1st Game of a 7 Game Series with the 1st Game being played on Wednesday the 3rd of June 2015 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida with the puck-off scheduled for 8:05 PM ET and seen on NBC SN TV.

For those that Bet on NHL at an Online sportsbook, the odds at Las Vegas for this 1st Game have the Chicago Blackhawks as the underdogs, with the ML at +110 and the under 5 +120 and +1 ½ -280 on the GL.

With the 2014-15 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs underway we have the Eastern Conference Finals and the Western Conference Finals both taking place simultaneously.

The Eastern Conference brings together the Lightning of Tampa playing the Rangers of New York with the first 2 games of the Series in New York, the 3rd & 4th games in Tampa Bay, 5th game in New York, 6th game in Tampa and the Final 7th game back in New York if needed at all games are scheduled for 8 PM ET.